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Feb 15, 2019 at 9:55 comment added Jenny D @Tim - you wrote in a comment that you cannot understand the text in the RFCs. That means that ServerFault is not a place where you'll be likely to find the answers you want - the site is populated by people who do read and understand the RFCs, and who expect the same of other professionals, which is who this site is for.
Feb 13, 2019 at 20:11 comment added user9517 @Tim I've been sysadmining for a couple of decades and one thing I do know is that reding documentation is important. It's also important to read the correct documentation. In this case, a book from 2002 is not the correct documentation.
Feb 13, 2019 at 15:18 comment added Sven Mod That said: Most basic protocol issues are not that interesting for system administrators anyway, while they are very important for developers (when writing server or client implementations) and I wouldn't necessarily rule out asking something like this on Stack Overflow - when in doubt, check their help and meta site.
Feb 13, 2019 at 15:12 comment added Sven Mod We are not required to consider everything required for doing this as topical. Math or language questions are also off-topic, so is fundamental computer use ...
Feb 13, 2019 at 15:07 comment added Tim So do you expect one to solve actual technical problems without having knowledge to fundamental questions about protocols, or solve actual technical problems and never have any fundamental question about protocols?
Feb 13, 2019 at 15:01 history answered SvenMod CC BY-SA 4.0